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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 40
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Isaiah speaks Messianically—Prepare ye the way of the Lord—He shall feed his flock like a shepherd—Israel’s God is incomparably great.
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Comfort</span> ye, <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Restoration of.">comfort</a> ye my people, saith your God.
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Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/2a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR time of service.">warfare</a> is accomplished, that her iniquity is <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/2b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Forgiveness.">pardoned</a>: for she hath received of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>’s hand <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/40/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 16: 18; Jer. 17: 18.">double</a> for all her sins.
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&#182; The <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 3: 3; D&C 88: 66; D&C 128: 20.">voice</a> of him that crieth in the wilderness, <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/3b" mark="b" type="C" title="Matt. 11: 10 (7-10); 1 Ne. 10: 8; D&C 65: 1; TG Foreordination.">Prepare</a> ye the <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/40/3c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.">way</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, make straight in the desert a <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/40/3d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Second Coming.">highway</a> for our God.
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Every <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 3: 5; Hel. 14: 23; D&C 109: 74.">valley</a> shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/4b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB lifted up, or raised.">exalted</a>, and every <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/40/4c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Earth, Renewal of.">mountain</a> and hill shall be made <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/40/4d" mark="d" type="A" title="Zech. 14: 10.">low</a>: and the <sup>e</sup><a href="isa/40/4e" mark="e" type="A" title="Isa. 45: 2.">crooked</a> shall be made straight, and <sup>f</sup><a href="isa/40/4f" mark="f" type="P" title="HEB the mountains into a plain.">the</a> rough places plain:
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Glory of.">glory</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Second Coming.">revealed</a>, and all flesh shall <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/40/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 101: 23.">see</a> <i>it</i> together: for the mouth of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath spoken <i>it.</i>
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The voice said, Cry.  And he said, What shall I cry?  All <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Mortality.">flesh</a> <i>is</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 102: 11; D&C 124: 7.">grass</a>, and all the goodliness thereof <i>is</i> as the flower of the field:
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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> bloweth upon it: surely the people <i>is</i> grass.
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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Messenger of the Covenant.">word</a> of our God shall stand for ever.
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&#182; O <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jerusalem, New.">Zion</a>, that bringest <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Gospel.">good</a> <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/40/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 52: 7.">tidings</a>, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift <i>it</i> up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/40/9d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Israel, Judah, People of.">Judah</a>, Behold your God!
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Behold, the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> will come with strong <i>hand, </i>and his <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 1: 14 (13-14).">arm</a> shall rule for him: behold, his <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Reward.">reward</a> <i>is</i> with him, and his work before him.
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He shall feed his <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Church; TG Sheep.">flock</a> like a <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd; TG Jesus Christ, Millennial Reign; TG Shepherds.">shepherd</a>: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry <i>them</i> in his bosom, <i>and</i> shall gently lead those that are with young.
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&#182; Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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Who hath <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 21: 22.">directed</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/13b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Spirit of.">Spirit</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, or <i>being </i>his <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/40/13c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Counselors.">counsellor</a> hath taught him?
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With whom took he <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Counsel.">counsel</a>, and <i>who</i> instructed him, and taught him in the path of <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 22: 21 (20-22).">judgment</a>, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
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Behold, the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Nations.">nations</a> <i>are</i> as a <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 39: 5; Dan. 4: 35.">drop</a> of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/40/15c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Earth, Dividing of.">isles</a> as a very little thing.
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And Lebanon <i>is</i> not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
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All nations before him <i>are</i> as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Vanity.">vanity</a>.
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&#182; To whom then will ye <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 46: 5 (5-11).">liken</a> God?  or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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The workman melteth a graven image, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 44: 12; Jer. 10: 3 (3-5).">goldsmith</a> spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
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He that <i>is</i> so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree <i>that</i> will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, <i>that</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 41: 7.">shall</a> not be moved.
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Have ye not known?  have ye not heard?  hath it not been told you from the beginning?  have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
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<i>It is</i> he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof <i>are</i> as grasshoppers; that <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 9: 8; Ps. 104: 2.">stretcheth</a> out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
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That bringeth the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 12: 21.">princes</a> to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
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To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal?  saith the Holy One.
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Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these <i>things,</i> that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 147: 4.">names</a> by the greatness of his might, for that <i>he is</i> strong in power; not one faileth.
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Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and my judgment is <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/27a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE disregarded by.">passed</a> over from my God?
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&#182; Hast thou not known?  hast thou not heard, <i>that</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 21: 33.">everlasting</a> God, the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/28b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Creator.">Creator</a> of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?  <i>there is</i> no <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/40/28c" mark="c" type="E" title="OR fathoming; Rom. 11: 33.">searching</a> of his understanding.
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He giveth power to the faint; and to <i>them that have</i> no might he increaseth strength.
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Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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But they that <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/40/31a" mark="a" type="Q" title="HEB hope for, or anticipate; Ps. 25: 5; Prov. 20: 22; 2 Ne. 6: 13 (7, 13).">wait</a> upon the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/40/31b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 41: 1.">renew</a> <i>their</i> <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/40/31c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Health; TG Strength.">strength</a>; they shall mount up with wings as <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/40/31d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ps. 103: 5.">eagles</a>; they shall <sup>e</sup><a href="isa/40/31e" mark="e" type="A" title="D&C 89: 20.">run</a>, and not be weary; <i>and</i> they shall walk, and not faint.
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